sob
Portuguese, preposition/ˈso.bi/
sob is spelled S-O-B (3 letters) and appears 295 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sob is a Portuguese preposition meaning “under” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abaixo, em baixo”.
What does sob mean in English?
preposition
- 1
under
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. abaixo, em baixo 2. sujeito a
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce sob?
- Brazil /ˈso.bi/
- Portugal /ˈsob/
- Portugal [ˈsoβ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sob
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sob in Portuguese?
sob appears 295 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).